Wettability Variation of Unmodified and Thermally Modified Surfaces of Thinned Wood from a Hardwood Plantation by Maximilian Wentzel, Alfredo Aguilera, Aldo Rolleri

“…The study of surface properties—particularly wettability—and how these vary from pith to bark in relation to changes in surface roughness, chemical composition and crystallinity is of importance to improve the use of wood that comes from thinning of a hardwood plantation. …”
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The nuclear transcription factor PKNOX2 is a candidate gene for substance dependence in European-origin women. by Xiang Chen, Kelly Cho, Burton H Singer, Heping Zhang

“…Multiple substance dependence categories together, rather than any one individual addiction outcome, may explain the genetic variability of such disorder. In our study, we defined a composite substance dependence phenotype derived from six individual diagnoses: addiction to nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, opiates or other drugs as a whole. …”
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Measurement Matters: A Metrological Approach to Renal Preimplantation Biopsy Evaluation to Address Uncertainty in Organ Selection by John O.O. Ayorinde, MD (UK), Xavier Loizeau, PhD, Victoria Bardsley, MBBS (UK), Spencer Angus Thomas, PhD, Marina Romanchikova, PhD, Alex Samoshkin, PhD, Gavin J. Pettigrew, MD (UK)

“…Preimplantation biopsy combines measurements of injury into a composite index to inform organ acceptance. The uncertainty in these measurements remains poorly characterized, raising concerns variability may contribute to inappropriate clinical decisions. …”
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Agronomic performance and silage quality of Massai grass fertilized with organic and inorganic nitrogen sources by Bruno Páscoa Medeiros, Livia Victoria da Costa Gomes, Fernando Sarmento de Oliveira, Glêidson Bezerra de Góes, Jefte Arnon de Almeida Conrado

“…In terms of silage composition, significant differences (P < 0.05) were observed only for NDF and CP. …”
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Effect of regular soccer training on morphological and motor characteristics of deaf girls aged 14–18 years: a comparative analysis by Adam Michał Szulc, Krzysztof Buśko

“…Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate body composition and the level of selected motor skills of the lower limbs in female participants, including 13 deaf students who are physically inactive (age 16.11 ± 1.53 years), 8 deaf soccer players (age 16.13 ± 1.25 years), and 16 hearing soccer players (age 16.41 ± 1.23 years). …”
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The Effect of Eight -Weeks General Preparation Exercise on Some Selected Biomechanical, Anthropometrical and Physiological Parameters of the Iranian National Females\' Taekwondo Te... by Hamidreza Naserpour, Raghad Mimar, Sara Khoshjamal Fekri

“…Biomechanical, anthropometrical and physiological parameters including; speed, agility, visual reaction time, anaerobic power, body composition, body weight, cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance. …”
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Predicting present and future habitats using LiDAR to integrate research and monitoring with landscape analyses by David A. MacLean, Thomas Baglole, Maurane Bourgouin, Billie Chiasson, Jiban C. Deb, Maitane Erdozain, Remus J. James, Lauren Negrazis, Louka Tousignant, Phil Wiebe, Greg Adams, Joseph R. Bennett, Erik J.S. Emilson, Nicole J. Fenton, Graham J. Forbes, Michelle A. Gray, Karen A. Kidd, Andrew McCartney, Gaetan Moreau, Kevin B. Porter, Osvaldo Valeria, Lisa A. Venier

“…LiDAR-based enhanced forest inventory provided forest structure variables that improved bird habitat models and spatial predictions of bird habitat, metrics explaining bryophyte composition and richness, and variability in beetle abundance and richness. …”
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Nutrient Content, Functional Properties and Acceptability of Rock Buns Formulated From Freeze-Dried Detroit Dark Red Beetroot Pomace Flour by Isaac Amoah, Ransford Opoku Asante, Rose Attakora, Abdallah Zaidan Mohammed, Marina Aferiba Tandoh, Charles Diako

“…Principal component analysis and agglomerative hierarchical clustering exploiting Ward linkage and Euclidean distances were used to establish a visual relationship between the flour samples and some outcome variables. The nutrient composition of composite flour enriched with 20% of BPF showed high fibre, protein and ash content of 1.79%, 11.71% and 2.19%, respectively, compared to the control sample. …”
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Comparison of pregnant mare serum gonadotropin products with surprising differences in protein content by Martina Lösle, Chia-Wei Lin, Jane Beil-Wagner, Markus Aebi, Thorsten Buch

“…Here we show that the examined PMSGs share a surprisingly low level of commonalities (5.5%) in protein composition among the four tested products, with serum proteins as the primary variable. …”
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Microbiome immune system interactions in selected neurological disorder by P. Omosigho, G. Sulaiman, O. Okesanya

“…Changes in gut microbiota composition and neuroinflammation mediated by the NLRP3 inflammasome have been observed in AD, suggesting a connection between microbiological variables and the course of the illness. …”
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Distribution patterns of Acidobacteriota in different fynbos soils. by Tersia Andrea Conradie, Karin Jacobs

“…Significant differences were observed in the distribution and composition of these OTUs between nature reserves. The SD1 were negatively correlated to soil pH, hydrogen (H+), potassium (K+) and carbon (C). …”
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Responses of fisheries ecosystems to marine heatwaves and other extreme events. by Anthony R Marshak, Jason S Link

“…Distinct negative short-term consequences to annual fisheries biomass, landings, and revenue were observed in all regions, including at the system-level scale for several ecosystems which have higher proportions of pelagic species composition and variable shellfish-based revenue. In addition, shifts in species composition often were associated with environmental perturbations. …”
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Advances in Evaluating Fluid Levels: Bioimpedance in Patients with Kidney Failure by Harith Abdelkareem Baker, Mohammed Sabah Jarjees, Amer Farhan Sheet, Thair Hawas Hamed

“…Evaluation of several body composition measurement methods is emphasized, especially the combination of the bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) ratio and the dry mass index (DMI). …”
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South China Sea SST Fronts, 2015–2022 by Igor M. Belkin, Yi-Tao Zang

“…The combination of high-resolution, cloud-free, four-day-composite SST imagery from AHI, the advanced front-preserving gradient algorithm BOA, and digital contrast enhancement with the log-transformation of SST gradients allowed us to identify numerous mesoscale/submesoscale fronts (including a few fronts that have never been reported) and document their month-to-month variability and spatial patterns. …”
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Exploration of Physical–Chemical and Structural-Phase Mechanisms in Ti-Al Intermetallic Coating Formation by Almaz Nazarov, Rustem Nagimov, Alexey Oleinik, Alexey Maslov, Alexey Nikolaev, Kamil Ramazanov, Vladimir Denisov, Yuri Ivanov, Elena Korznikova

“…The research investigates the structure, phase composition, chemical composition, and mechanical properties of coatings with varying ratios of Ti-Al to TiAlN layer thicknesses. …”
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Bacterial communities in sediments of an urban wetland in Bogota, Colombia by Maribeb Castro González, Mauricio Edilberto Pacheco Montealegre, Mariana Restrepo Benavides

“…A canonical correspondence analysis was conducted to determine the relationship between assessed environmental variables and microbial community composition. Results showed that the most abundant bacterial phyla were Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria (group GP18), and Aminicenantes; Archaea were represented by the taxa Methanomicrobia and Thermoprotei, and the nosZ community was dominated by Candidatus Competibacter denitrificans. …”
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Estimation of the compressive strength of ultrahigh performance concrete using machine learning models by Rakesh Kumar, Divesh Ranjan Kumar, Warit Wipulanusat, Chanachai Thongchom, Pijush Samui, Baboo Rai

“…The compressive strength of ultrahigh performance concrete (UHPC) is influenced by the composition, quality, and quantity of its constituent elements. …”
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Evaluation of Evaporative Degradation of Arc Torch Cathodes in Hydrocarbon-Containing Plasmas for Spraying, Thermal Protection Testing and Related Technologies by A. V. Gorbunov, V. A. Gorbunova, O. G. Devoino, G. Petraconi Filho, A. A. Halinouski

“…For this procedure, as the first stage, thermodynamic methods can be used to simulate the composition and properties of reactive C–H–O–N–Ar–Me-systems with variable set of such input parameters as the ratio of components of plasma-forming mixture, its pressure and temperature. …”
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Discrimination Analysis of Conventional Baijiu-making Sorghum from Southwest China and Hybrid Sorghum Based on Physicochemical Properties and Metabolomics by Hongmei WANG, Zhe LI, Songtao WANG, Qingliang ZHANG, Anjing CHEN, Ling LI, Rongkun TU

“…The objective of this paper was to analyze the difference of composition between hybrid sorghum and conventional sorghum in southwest China, and to establish the method of variety identification. …”
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The Verification of the Usefulness of Electronic Nose Based on Ultra-Fast Gas Chromatography and Four Different Chemometric Methods for Rapid Analysis of Spirit Beverages by Paulina Wiśniewska, Magdalena Śliwińska, Jacek Namieśnik, Waldemar Wardencki, Tomasz Dymerski

“…It is important to find a proper quality control and botanical origin method enabling the same time preliminary check of the composition of investigated samples, which was the main goal of this work. …”
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